Maynard Ferguson Somewhere

[joetiemann]

Apparently 6 people have no idea what good music sounds like.

[jazzjanne1]

@joetiemann I agree with You!!

[guitarspectre]

on trumphets the hard are the air release??

[trumpetgirlmusic4evr]

im just thankful to have access to all of these great muscians, no favs cuz all of them are amazing.

[br3nn3nrul3z]

Lol, only in 1969.. To me i thought this was way before that hahahaha

[michaelgalea]

Maynard, in my opinion, played the best ballads ever... Love it love it love it

[westluxnick]

The greatest trumpet player of all time.Will not be replaced,gotta be there .In a jazz cellar in Manchester UK see him play,and met him.Fantastic sound

[juliaz12345]

@westluxnick I have to disagree. I think his Trumpet playing was great. Don't get me wrong. I just think his arrangements were his best attribute. Miles Davis or Winton Marsallis is the best trumpet player.

Heck...Just go to any high school jazz band competition. I'm sure about half or more of the arrangements are his.

[CaiaphasFlag]

@juliaz12345 Miles Davis couldn't hold a candle to Maynard. He couldn't hold his mute for him! Ha!

[patrickzampetti]

We (The Garfield Cadets) had the opportunity to open for his band back in 1977 at the Meadowbrook. It was amazing. Peter Erskine was with him then ant Maynard was on fire!

[cyberdaytona]

wow! i had never seen nor heard MF do somewhere until today... great version and such a wonderful sound. loved it! opening verse low is so nice too. MF could do it all.

[siganese]

Schön, den Text mal verstehen zu können (o;

[wildmanmoon]

Has anyone heard Maynard Ferguson's rendition of Danny Boy? It's the best I've ever heard. I get misty just thinking about it.

[bigloualbany]

Followed Maynard from early Kenton until he left us. I saw him in the original Birdland in '62 or '63 and I remeber he did maria. I had my kid sister with me and I remeber she cried. Sammy Davis was at a table in front of us and he appeared mesmerized. We miss you Maynard.

[jettone11]

Fortunately, I had the pleasure of meeting Maynard Personally in 1977 at Santa Monica Civic and backstage!!!!! He got out of his car with his Gold Jet-tone in hand and said " Hey guys! how ya doing? want to come back stage? I witnessed a Maynard warm up! Wow! I did'nt no what to say at 18 years old. I still get chills of excitement!!!

[patrick9648]

He was known for his high notes. But he sounds pretty darn good getting mellow on the low notes too. I miss this guy. I need to get out my old maynard vinyl records.

[junkyman2]

One of my favorite songs played by my favorite trumpet player---thank you so much for posting these vids Brian--

[IanHardinger]

Oh Maynard... met him twice... amazing man... loves Diet pepsi hahaha

[ca5tr0100]

Absolutely beautiful....... 

[GodofTrombones]

I had to put on my Maynard T-Shirt today just to watch this. That man is a legend and I miss him. I was fortunate to get to see him live a few times even though I'm only 20.

[berham1]

Now that's the Maynard I loved in the 60s!

[sebbypapa]

Maynard played his best on Ballads. I will never forget him.

Sebby Papa

[wa1ufo]

Maynard, along with Buddy and Woody, ceated some of the greatest music in history!!

[dallas1963]

absolutely awesome ballad display by Manyard!!..by the way, who the hell plays that wrong note at 1:46?...funny as hell.

[logansGT]

Seems like instead of Spector, Maynard had the original "wall of sound."

R.I.P. Maynard.

We miss you.

[bigloualbany]

I agree!! I wrote to Maynard years ago and mentioned how I thought his lower register work was as great as his upper register. He never responded. Probably was up-set.I followed him from when he joined Kenton. As Louis Armstrong once said about Maynard "in order to be a great trumpet player you have to have chops and man, Maynard's got chops"

[HCICONS]

@bigloualbany

YOU MUST BE OLD LIKE ME -- I SAW MAYNARD W/ KENTON AT BALBOA BALLROOM IN CALIF IN 1949

[Toddlip]

Wow is right! Nobody like Maynard.

[giantsownu25]

Wow! Goose bumps for sure!!

[CindyPeress]

great version.

[flyersong]

A Trumpet God!

[atomicorporation]

What kind of mouthpiece is he using?

[frose100]

It is a mouthpiece Maynard and Jack Bell made in the 60's in England. It's a funnel cup mouthpiece also. That's how he produced that big round beautiful tone.

[gertnood]

Man, he ripped that, didn't he? I've only ever heard the album version, and comparatively speaking he was all over it on this live performance with a rock solid ending.

[PUIncubus]

he did rip that.......wow............. i hate how people knock on maynard..... how could you?! so expressive, unbelievable in the stratosphere....... and a HELL of a performer.... everyeone else who says other wise is just hatin.....

[gestrumpet]

yes!

[ownagedx]

leaf suck

[xXSemaforo]

german

[paulplaystheguitar]

thanks

[paulplaystheguitar]

What language is the introduction in?

[selector111]

Lol i was kidding it was just funny u replyed to me and didn't talk about anything i was lol, and i use a lot of upper lip, and i do good and my range is good, i just get tired fast, i have to bring it down at least a little and i use a megatone

[selector111]

Maynard obviously practiced wen he first started and worked out of the arban's book and took things up and octave and thats how he got his range, thats basically how i did it only i used alot of books, he probably practiced some but probably didn't have alot of time cause he was prob. gigging alot and it would hurt his lips after a gig and didn't want to before a gig and i have heard my teacher say if you don't think u'll have time to warm up do it in the car lol

[TheMetamucilMan]

the high note players usually play a smaller and more shallow cup MP

[selector111]

Ok that has nothing to do with wat i said but watever, that would give you a brighter sound by the way

[TheMetamucilMan]

yea man, didnt mean to criticize ,

looks like Maynard used a lot of top lip, check out :52 what do you think ,

hey you see any of them new MP that Phil Driscoll plays, looks almost like a half mp, not in size, but about 1/3 of the cup is filled in like a half moon

[TheMetamucilMan]

hey man , I asked Chris Botti one time about using more upper lip, and he says he does because it gives a better tone, you have any thoughts on this or the new mp's, I know Chris uses a old, old bach '3', it has a litle deeper cup

[ColonelDresden]

I play with a lot of upper lip too, maybe 2/3, and I've found that it actually has been conducive to producing a fuller, rounder tone when I play with good technique.

[tyler2484]

I thought I read somewhere that Maynard said himself that for a long time, he would just take his horn out like a day before performance and do fine with out playig for like a week. He didn't start practicing much till later on.

[jtg2507]

Nice alto solo!

[huntdog44]

this is crazy good

[Lance4160]

He doesn't use the third valve slide for the low D's and C- sharps and it's perfect. When the Lead tpt. comes in with the melody He is flat. Maynard never gave a crap about being the best, but He played everything with his heart. I knew his first wife well and Kay said she never heard him practice the two years that they were married. She said He had alot of fever blisters on his chops and He would warm-up while driving to a gig or recording during those two years.

[Jamestrumpet]

Beautiful, just beautiful. Shivers all up and down my back. Inspirational. James

[michaelbunk]

Maynard will always live in the heart of trumpet players. We want to be like him. Maynard's Somewhere shows his supreme depth with the superhuman high notes and oh so sexy transitions of each line. I am captivated by each and can't wait for the next. Who does it better?

[natethegreat726]

If you really think about it, Maynard must have practiced in his sleep to have such amazing chops, unbelievable.

[gamma632]

I read somewhere Maynard never actually practiced; he just played gigs. He knew how to use his air/ he just had it.

[tyler2484]

He had what he called, "natural chops"

[MikeeBoi433]

amazing

[bigdaveflynn]

The track "Somewhere" is on The Ballad Style of Maynard Ferguson which can be found on a CD along with MF Horn 2. I saw Maynard in London in 1978 I think at the Empire Pool, Wembley, absolutely brilliant.

[saxophonatic]

OMG! THIS IS GREAT... HEHE LIKED THE SAX SOLO :P

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[screamer120]

The mouthpiece is an FBL made by Jack Bell and Maynard Ferguson. The trumpet is a Liberator similar to the Conn 38B but with a larger bore .464-.468

[sdadept]

curious where you dug up that info?

[logansGT]

I disagree, screamer - The mouthpiece is a Zeta Reticula 3C with ElectroMagnetic Dynaflow.

[screamer120]

Ha, yeah I'm kind of a big equipment nerdlinger!

[richszabo]

The mouthpiece is a Costello.

[JacobR343]

i have his trumpet!!

[sebbypapa]

My favorite by Maynard.

Sebby Papa

[jf94544]

That was amazing. Does anyone know if that's on a CD or record? I would love to have that in my collection.

[zezima86]

What mouthpiece was he using? Im curious, looking at it.

[dohacheese]

Some plastic mouthpieces are shaped like that, but I don't think he was into those type of mouth pieces cuz they're more for people allergic to brass.

[pow3rtr1p]

At this time, Wikipedia says that Maynard was making his own horns and mouthpieces. I know he like playing big bore horns (often .468 when he was younger)and bored out V-Cup mouthpieces.

[madmailler]

i dont think he was making his own horns at this time...he's playing a conn connstellation in this video...

[cet0708]

The name of the mouthpiece escapes me, but they come up on Ebay all the time. I'd like to say they were custom jobs by a guy named Jack Bell. Dunno if that helps at all.

[Captain10110]

He said himself that he played the CONN Connstellation model to the late 60's.

[Toddlip]

The reason Maynard's phrasing was so wonderful, is because he could move up and down the scale, from low to high register, and back down again, with a beautiful fat sound. Very few trumpet players can do it at all, let alone do it well enough to be musical, and none as good as he could.

[Toddlip]

That's the real point about Maynard. Even when he was playing in the low register, you got goose bumps. By the time he got into the stratosphere, it was overwhelming. Then, he'd bring it back down again, like it was nothing. Every note was magic.

[JohnAClark]

Low or High, Maynard played with "heart". His sound had "soul". There are/were many other great trumpet players but most of them didn't play with the heart and soul that Maynard did.

[DDDWHATITDO]

@JohnAClark TRUE!!!!!! I STILL FEEL HIS MUSIC......

[bmaniac1]

Maynard, amazing!!! So lyrical, full sound, just incredible. He could do it every night in front of an audience, with all eyes on him. Thank God a trumpet was put in his hands rather then a football, or we have missed the greatest.

[7139462314]

cool. thanks brian

[jparrishsr]

Was that Steve Allen on the piano?

[phxhvac]

Most likely at the time that this video was recorded, Dusko Gojkovic was no longer with the band. Most likely it was Lew Soloff from Blood Sweat & Tears. Lew toured for a shot time with Maynard in the late 60's.

[Freddoslav]

lead trumpet-Dusko Gojkovic!!!

[rdangelo]

On lead?!

[Freddoslav]

Dusko is not a lead trumpet player,but I think ,that concert wasn't heavily...

Boss was loved Dusko's jazz articulation!

[rdangelo]

Cool. Thanks for that. How about MF's sound on this... Not exactly screechy and thin, huh?

[Freddoslav]

Very melodic and strong,boss was been......the best..... king of balad's!

[Freddoslav]

thank you,Brian!!!!

[bimmerfun]

Thanks for posting, Brian! So beautiful! One can never get enough MAYNARD!

[junkyman2]

Simply Amazing...even after 25 years of listening...i hear or see a video i've never seen...and he is still amazing.

[AndJusticeForSome]

Beautiful.